Eden Founder Dr. Naomi Marmon Grumet talks about the power of mikveh and the need to look forward after the Freundel scandal:
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/where-vulnerability-and-sanctity-intersect/
So much of Jewish ritual happens on the communal stage. Our rituals and prayers are done in public, as are most of our celebrations. There are any number of things that cannot be done without a minyan. And we invest much trust and power in the hands of the rabbinic elite to guide, to protect, to set the standard. And that is one of the reasons that the Barry Freundel story hit so hard—because like too many others in the news recently, he abused the very power and trust invested in him. [Read more…]